• MrGeneric@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    2 days ago

    Trying to get exact numbers for wealth to tax it is near impossible especially in ultra wealthy areas with their own ways of hiding it Anyone who suggests touching capital gains will be accused of attacking peoples retirement at least in the US 401ks have replaced most other forms of retirement benefits

    Im surprised there aren’t more Georgists in this day and age when we have so much bogarted land and empty luxury apartments

    • Talcosis@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      Probably because the foundation of georgism became fundamentally irrelevant with the invention of the microprocessor.